Bagmi Sahoo

Strategic and visionary Senior Executive with over 17.5 years of expertise in Digital Transformation and Business Strategy Advisory. Demonstrates extensive experience in portfolio, product, change, and people management, as well as Enterprise Architecture and agile practices within IT consulting. Proficient across diverse sectors, including Finance, Banking, Aviation, Oil & Gas, Energy, and Automotive, with a proven track record in global roles across EMEA, APAC, and NAFTA for major Fortune 500 companies.

• Goals-driven & passionate professional with a proven track record in mentoring cross-functional teams, with expertise on aligning IT strategies with business goals.
• Thought leader & a positive change agent for organizational transformation & implementation of digitalisation strategies.
• Recognized for an ability to create an inclusive & diverse culture as a woman in STEM advocate.

• Driver of Global Cloud Centre of Excellence at Mercedes Benz, driving cloud transformation increase by 40%.
• Application Portfolio reduction (Region Europe for MB-Sales) initiative driven by me led to 28% of budget savings.
• Spearheaded the development of business capabilities to support a new business model, strengthening a business-driven IT organization and optimizing the operating model for greater efficiency.
• Successfully led the Business transformation leveraging LeanIX/Signavio as EA & business process tools to enhance customer journey & deliver measurable value.
• Creation of architectural blueprint to convert to direct sales model across Region Europe, enabling price transparency & reducing delivery waiting times for customer.
• Leading member of the Enterprise Architect Community, Program Manager Community & Business Capability Communities of Practice for driver of best practices & a business-driven architecture for Sales.
• Co-design architect of the Project- Remote Solutions for Mercedes Benz Research & Development for implementing Augmented Reality based production-support solution, qualified as Mercedes-Benz Top 24 IT Projects for 2020.
• Service Excellence Certificate from client - Henkel CIO (Germany) for 100% successful transition & transformation program, in scope, time & budget.
• Projects/Programs implemented as Lead PM at IBM with a quality score of 99.5%.

• Prince 2 Foundation & Practitioner
• SAFE 5 Agilist
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• TOGAF 10 Practitioner
• AWS Architect
• ITIL V3
• Six Sigma
• Process Championship
• Product Orientation
• Presentation Dynamics
• Leadership & Decision Making
• Design Thinking

MS Office (MS Project, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Visio, Sharepoint), Cloud (AWS, Azure), Webservices, SAP/ERP, BigData, Microservices, Salesforce CRM, FOSS, IoT, AI, AR

• Title: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION LEADER & EA ENTHUSIAST
• Date of Birth: 03/21/84
• Nationality: German
• Marital Status: Married

• Global Cloud Transformation: Led the Global Cloud Centre of Excellence at Mercedes Benz, achieving a 40% increase in cloud adoption and operational efficiency.
• Application Portfolio Optimization: Drove a portfolio reduction initiative for MB-Sales in Europe, resulting in a 28% reduction in budgetary costs.
• Business Model Support: Spearheaded the development of business capabilities for a new business model, enhancing IT-business alignment and operational efficiency.
• Enhanced Business Processes: Directed business transformation using LeanIX and Signavio, improving the customer journey and delivering measurable value.
• Architectural Blueprint Development: Created an architectural blueprint for transitioning to a direct sales model in Europe, enhancing price transparency and reducing delivery times.
• Community Leadership: Contributed to the Enterprise Architect, Program Manager, and Business Capability Communities of Practice, advancing best practices in business-driven architecture.
• Innovative Solution Design: Co-designed and implemented an Augmented Reality-based production support solution for Mercedes Benz R&D, recognized as one of the Top 24 IT Projects for 2020.
• Service Excellence Award: Received the Service Excellence Certificate from Henkel’s CIO for a successful transition and transformation program delivered on time, within scope, and on budget.
• High-Quality Project Delivery: Managed projects at IBM with a quality score of 99.5%, demonstrating exceptional project management and delivery standards.